VOLUME 115, ISSUE 28
HANSBROUGH, LAWSON STAYING
BY GRAY CALDWELL
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
“After thinking about things,
and talking with my parents, I’ve
decided it’d be best to take my
skills to the NBA l’m sorry.”
UNC point guard iy Lawson
accepted the Coaches Award for
most assists with that statement,
followed by a long pause.
“Nah, I’m playin’, I’ll be back
next year.”
It was a night of laughs and good
news forThr Heel faithfiil as the bas
ketball team held its annual banquet
Tbesday to honor its seniors, but it
was two underclassmen who stole
the show.
Lawson and sophomore Tyler
Hansbrough both announced they’ll
don a Tar Heels jersey for at least
another season, and Hansbrough,
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Remembering Ray
Hundreds turn out for on-campus memorial service for student Rameses, Jason Ray
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Withrow, look on. Organizers decided to push back the service so that Ray's parents could attend and see how many cared for their son.
Students enraptured by
Magness’ teaching style
BY DEBORAH NEFFA
STAFF WRITER
While some people have a hard
time memorizing a five-minute
speech, professor Jodi Magness can
talk passionately about religious
studies for more
than an hour
without using
so much as .a
note card.
About 200
students, some
of whom resort
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favorite professors
ed to sitting on the floor of Murphey
116, listened intently Tuesday as
Magness narrated a tale about the
Roman siege of Masada, a site of
ancient palaces in Israel.
And although many typically
consider history lectures dry and
trite, Magness’ unique teaching
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Sophomore
Tyler
Hansbrough
said he is
returning to
win a National
Championship.
not to be outdone by Lawson’s antics,
toyed with the crowd as well.
“I cut a deal with Coach (Roy)
Williams that I’d be back my junior
year only if we fired coach (Joe)
Holladay,” Hansbrough said, which
brought laughter and a retort from
Williams’ assistant coach of 14 years
“That was cold-blooded, Tyler.”
After the banquet, Hansbrough
made it clear that he wasn’t joking.
“I’ve definitely decided that I will
be back for my junior year,” he said.
style of using vivid anecdotes kept
students on the edge of their seats.
“You constantly want to know
what she’s going to say next,” said
freshman Ben Liebtag, who is tak
ing “New Testament Archaeology”
with Magness.
Magness, who has been teaching
at the University for five years, said
she knew she wanted to become an
archaeologist at age 12 and dedi
cates all of her spare time to learn
ing about the subject.
“That’s pretty much what I do
24/7,” said Magness, who has a
bachelor’s degree in archaeol
ogy and ancient history from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and a doctorate degree in classical
archaeology from the University of
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“I feel personally I’m not ready for
the next step in die NBA”
He admitted his heart skipped a
beat when Lawson initially said he
was jumping to the NBA.
“Yeah he got me, he got me pret
ty good,” Hansbrough said. “I was
like, what’s wrong with this guy?”
Williams said he wasn’t fooled
so easily.
“I’m a lot more savvy than Tyler
is,” Williams joked. “Does that sur
prise you? Gosh, you don’t have
very high regard for my savvy.”
ACC Rookie of the Year Brandan
Wright made no announcement, but
said through an athletics depart
ment spokesman that he isn’t close
to deciding. The deadline to declare
for the NBA Draft is April 29.
Hansbrough who was named
team MVP at the banquet —and
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Jodi Magness addresses
her students during a "New
Testament Archeology" class
Tuesday in Murphey Hall.
Lawson both revealed they thought
about jumping to the pros, but the
decision was simple in the end.
“I just like college basketball too
much, and being a college player and
living the college life,” said Lawson,
who added that uncertainty of where
he’d be drafted was a key factor. “I
thought maybe like a day or two
about it, but it wasn’t really close.”
Williams said the two play
ers made their decisions 10 or 12
days ago, but they didn’t want to
announce it until today so there
wasn’t any extra pressure on Wright
to commit too early.
“Brandan, like a kid, he’s hoping if
he ignores it it’ll go away, and I told
him it’s not gonna go away,” he said.
With Hansbrough and Lawson
SEE STAYING, PAGE 10
BY KATY DOLL
STAFF WRITER
The University community continued
to remember the life of Jason Ray, the
UNC senior who died last month, at a
campus memorial service Tuesday.
Ray was known for his role as Rameses,
but more than 300 students and faculty
attended Tuesday’s memorial service to
honor the man behind the mascot.
As students entered the George Watts
Hill Alumni Center, they saw a slide show
with images of Ray, highlighting his spirit.
Ray’s professor from the Kenan-Flager
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more photos
from the service
with audio.
She went on to relate different stories
about how Ray touched his professors’
lives. “That was par for the course for
Jason just making other people feel
good by being himself,” she said.
Ray was hit by an SUV while in New
Jersey last month for the NCAA men’s
basketball tournament. He died three
days later from his injuries.
The University will award Ray with his
Bachelor of Science degree in business
administration from the Kenan-Flagler
SEE RAY, PAGE 10
Coke faces world of critics
Editor’s Note: The Daily Tar
Heel regularly rum advertisements
underwritten by Coca-Cola.
BY CLINT JOHNSON
SENIOR WRITER
On April 22, 2002, protesters
gathered to picket in Plachimada,
India home of the country’s larg
est Coca-Cola bottling plant. The
demonstrators
denounced
the company,
alleging that
it exploits
India’s already
scant water
resources.
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almost five
years later, the
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protesters are still there.
Since the protests began, the
Plachimada plant has been shut
down.
A government ban on Coca-
Cola was enacted and subsequent-
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Oscar-nominated documentary
"My County My Country," about
life in Iraq, will be screened at
UNC in conjunction with the Full
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Freshman point guard Ty Lawson teases the crowd by saying that he will go
to the pros, before quickly offering an “I’m playin'. I'll be back next year."
Business School,
Alison Fragale, spoke
about the impact Ray
had on those he met
“What made Jason
first stand out to me
... was that he was so
cool, cool in the self
assured sense,” Fragale
said. “He knew who he
was and was at ease
with himself”
in
CSE Director Sunita Narain
(left), and E. Neville Isdell, CEO
of The Coca-Cola Company,
disagree about Coca-Cola's role
in India's water scarcity issues.
ly reversed in the state of Kerala in
southern India moves indicative
of the back and forth nature of the
debate.
Amid a chorus of almost con
stant protest, the company has
challenged its detractors, saying
that it is an efficient water user.
With net revenue totaling more
than $24.1 billion in 2006, Coca-
Cola is a global business. Almost
three-quarters of its unit case vol
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Soccer
coach
faces
stand
Dorrance lawsuit
could see fall trial
BY ANDREW DUNN
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Women’s soccer coach Anson
Dorrance would be forced to take
the witness stand, and the University
could be responsible for more than
$1 million in
damages after
Monday’s deci
sion recom
mending a sex
ual harassment
lawsuit against
him go to trial.
The fed
eral Fourth
Circuit Court
of Appeals
overturned a
lower court’s
October 2004
ruling, which
threw out a
Coach Anson
Dorrance
must respond
to a suit from
an ex-player.
lawsuit filed by former UNC goal
keeper Melissa Jennings. The suit
alleges instances of harassment
and invasion of privacy from 1996
SEE DORRANCE, PAGE 10
ume comes from operations out
side of the U.S. and Canada.
Coca-Cola operates in more
than 200 countries, and the soft
drink giant has found itself having
to defend its practices in many of
them, from El Salvador to Turkey
to Indonesia.
In addition to accusations
of human rights violations in
Colombia, the company has else
where been accused of using child
labor, not removing pesticides
from its drinks and exploiting and
contaminating natural resources.
“We are continuing to work with
all the stakeholders who have con
cerns about our businesses in these
areas to make sure they do under
stand the facts,” said Kerry Kerr,
spokeswoman for Coca-Cola.
Running out of water
In some areas of India, water
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